GEOSTATISTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR DOWNSCALING REMOTELY SENSED LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE

This research reveals new insights into the weather drivers of land surface phenology (LSP) across the entire European forest, while at the same time it establishes a new conceptual framework for modelling LSP. Specifically, a sophisticated machine learning regression method (RF) was introduced for LSP modelling across very large areas and across multiple years simultaneously. The RF models explained 81 and 62 % of the variance in the spring and autumn LSP interannual variation.